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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A copy or photograph that has been reduced to an extremely small size for ease of transport and purposes of security.

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  • noun A photographic image that has been reduced in size to that of a dot (typically around 1mm in size and circular) in order to escape detection.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun photograph reduced to the size of a dot (usually for purposes of security)

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Examples

  • Livescribe's smartpens write on a special kind of microdot paper that enables an infrared camera at the tip of the pen to track everything the user writes.

    FinanzNachrichten.de: Aktuelle Nachrichten 2010

  • Livescribe's smartpens write on a special kind of microdot paper that enables an infrared camera at the tip of the pen to track everything the user writes.

    Finanzportal financial.de - Aktien - Börse - Kurse - Rohstoffe 2010

  • Livescribe's smartpens write on a special kind of microdot paper that enables an infrared camera at the tip of the pen to track everything the user writes.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • Livescribe's smartpens write on a special kind of microdot paper that enables an infrared camera at the tip of the pen to track everything the user writes.

    Business Wire Travel News 2010

  • And it was particularly odd when that role was assumed by the leaders of Singapore, a microdot of a city-state with a population of just five million.

    Zero-Sum Future Gideon Rachman 2011

  • And it was particularly odd when that role was assumed by the leaders of Singapore, a microdot of a city-state with a population of just five million.

    Zero-Sum Future Gideon Rachman 2011

  • On the other hand, Merkin writes of a solitary journey of "microdot-ing" her past and present feelings to a succession of therapists over four decades in an attempt to come to a cohesive sense of self.

    Laura Baudo Sillerman: Reading The New Yorker , Thinking About Daphne Merkin 2010

  • It turned out that there had been a big gathering of the Angels at the tree houses and someone had “lost” forty hits of purple microdot LSD.

    Full Frontal Nudity Harry Hamlin 2010

  • Now, "you've got this microdot of blood on your finger, put it on a strip and the strip sucks it in," giving a reading in seconds.

    Diabetes is no obstacle to a long, healthy life 2007

  • Philip Smith could take a set of blueprints all the way down to a microdot if he felt so inclined.

    TOO MANY MURDERS Colleen McCullough 2009

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  • With thanks to sionnach for the suggestion.

    October 28, 2007

  • small tablet, small pill, a dose of LSD

    February 4, 2008